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^ ^ CO.nl.U) l ' io'tin* scheme hiquestion, th'J evil intention of Saiau is the crowning excellence of the act." "T lis theory, ifcarried out i::t?? its legitin ;t?> cons ai unices. leads to ur.ivrrsalisin, to inii.lclcv, aiul to atheism. J h\ Tyler maintains mar (iod can secure the holiness and h ij>|>iu >>9 of all his moral creatures. It toll?\rs, tncroforc, that God will .secure the Holiness and litt|?jMncss of aii his mora! c ream res. Of c??urs . all men will he saved. Hut iiiis is do: all. AccorJmg :o thisschemc tin) divine authority of the ] is subverted. This book co ilnsscd'v abounds in the inov unquahti :d declarations of the future, endless misery of multitudes of die human nine. Hut how can a hook which so explicitly and abundantly con'radiats (lemon. i_. ?. Iw* I I'^nnfvtliV ^.rsyiCj uiiuhii iiui.i, u- >u< mv . ..... . how can a book pretend to claim an Omnipotent anil benevolent God lor i:s author, which cxlilUits biin as creating my nails ol bring*, h-causo be prolcrs 0:1 the whole, iheir si:i ami everlasting misery to their perivvt liobuess Oc happiness ! As an Omni no. tent Being, lie can .according to Or. Tyler, prevent such a result. As a benevolent being,l?e must be disposed to prevent it. But aecording to Dr. Tyler the Scriptures clearly tench. that God will not s -cure the perfect holiness and happiness of nis morai creation, when be can secure it. IIow then can a book which belies every at ributc of a porlect God, pretend lo claim h:s authority: Apply now the principles of Dr. Tyler in another form, and atheism is t!ir? conso<|iicncc. Dr. Tyler wiii admit, Dint God is <i is pose-J ;o prevent ail evil in i'sHf considered, throughout his creation. The argiimen', then lur atheism furnished by this the. <?ry, nr-y be thus staled. If there were a Go 1, that is, a being of infinite power and goo luess, he could prevent, and would be iIk*)05C(I, and therefore would :n fact, prevent all rvii throughout |,is creation. Hut evil exists. Therefore, there is not a being of infinite power and goodness?-there is no God.'* ''Wo admit the fact, llint the foregoing reasoning is that of the univer% sails', tiie infiJel, and the atheist. liut we ash, wlio furnishes and sustains its j remises; and what conclusions, when the premises arc admitted, are more unanswerable ? ^ We cannot but say, what we believe in the integrity ofour heart, that suprahpsarian Calvinisis furnisli the grand principle on which these conclusions r st; and combining their powers of argument in its defence, with all th'-ir means of influencing the faith of others, give to if, and to the conclusions founded on it, a delusive and (earful infdlibili' v in the minds of thousands. 'Clio principle is, l ha' a v Omni potent God by tiie mere dint^of power, can secure the uni- ' versal holiness of his moral crf.a* tcres." "Sure wo arc, that a very limited acquaintance with fac's, would show ilrat the principle advanced by Dr. Tyler and others, is the very same, which in the bands of T oh aire and o .her enemies of the Gospel, has spread infidctity ft!id atheism to such a fearful extent throughout lSurop-, and is in fact the basis of all that latitudinariaiiism, which rejects Christianity, and calmly reposes 011 false and undefined notions of the power and goodness of God." M 'i'--!--? 1.1 ? ,1,o. " "II ur. i vier Siiuum s>uv? mi*. ?.~ utterly denies that sin is a goo I tiling?we answer, we arc fully aware of this, and regard it as a peculiarly grateful fact. I>ut then, Or Tyler also asserts that sin is a good thing. And is a man to he allowed without correction, to say that which is not true half the time, because he says that which is true, the other half! Now it is this happy inconsistency which saves those who main, tain this theory, from being the very worst of hsbctics." "Nothing woree can be imputed to the worst of men than the theory under consideration, imputes to God. Aocordingto this theory, God purposes sin, not fori sown sake, or in itself considcrd, but as the means of good, i. e. on account ofcertain advantages resulting from if. Now the same things are true in every substantinl'rwwiwt of the assassin." 'Dr. Tyler according to his principles cannot show, tliat acts of assassination have not hocn, and may not be, perpetrated from the same motives as those with which, he represent God as, on the whole, prcfering sin to hol'mCsSf viz. a desire to promote the general good/"?^~"if Dr. Tyler siiould My, tljat the objections which we have brought against this theory, arc the same as jhoso u hsch the enemies of sou.**4 doctrine commonly charge on the doctrine of the divinepurpose respecting sin, wc ans>*er, th t tlh3ts more easily said than proved. *' is indeed readily confessed, that these objections have been often charged on that form of the docirinc which is taught by supra lapsarian Calvanis.'s; viz. the theory that Clod prefers the existence of sin rather than holiness in its stead. l?ut it admits of a question, whether these objections were ever ailedgfid against the true existence of sin. Who among Arminians, or even Uni-' t 9 . tnrians, at least, in this age, would deny the iniwr.cilrfv of (rods providential govern avnU and purposes. as the ptasis of confiiiuoccand submission under all evil." These extracts arc a specimen of the sentiment, style and spirit of this Review. You .can now judge whether the jangv.age of Dr. Dorter in reference- to it is too severe, That Armihi.-tiis and L'nitanians do not .vhjoct to Dr. Taylor's views o( tins subject lis very true. But whether this is a recommendation of his views is a point about which .different opinions will be entertained. Immediately aficrthe publication of this Review, Dr. Tyler wrote to the Editor inquiring whether he might be permitted toreply to it m the Christian Spectator, and was informed that no reply could be admitted, unless it was a short letter of a pajje or two, ;<> i)o accompanied by such remarks as the editor might sec lit to append to it. Oi'thie act, I)r. Rortcr speaks in severe terms, in one of his letter*, he says, "Within a day or two, the Mirror catne to hand, in which the ,ppworth / subtcrfygc-of.tbe E Jitor in refusing any reply, nt least any adequate one, is reprehended, That fact ought to be generally know#. It shows 3 systematic, party *. n* "Tm'"**l t > -.i i<? too Li) jiub.ii'.; and that couid hardly have been tolerated until ibis time, it it bad been unders'ood.' In another lettor be says, "J.)r. Tavlor should Imve a joy I as to occupying the Spirit of the Pilgrims, : while theSpec'ln'or has been so closely shut : 11 j? against one sentence in opposition to bis views, except as ?;uoted by its own writers i for comment. i\o work in our covin ry lias been so tiurowlv conducted. Yours, very atii.'ctionately, On the ?tii isist. at IViuehiH, Maine a most ; extraordinary sj>octacle was wi nossed , a ! sliip coming out ?d' the country on dry land. , A vessel of 7g tons burthen, built by a number of the fanners at the distance of three . and a half m:!.s from salt water, was mov| ed by the powo?* of men and oxen into her I destined elcTiicnf. The vessel was placed , upon a sled made for the purjio.se, about 30 ! In Vt.tl. .... I O I',.,.* ... I11.A.I1I ll flM.l on j 1WI ill C? I *J L' I UJ i-Si v>\ivii 1?*iiu w? i V(;koof o\?:ii and r>00 men and boys were J required to mow: the huge mass. The j whole company dined <>.i the road, and the j oxen were habited, which necessarily took , it;) considerable time ; but iu si:: hours from j the first move, she was safely landed on the ! ice some distance from the wharf. Tiiis is certainly the most extraordinary launch I ever hoard of.?Metroplitun. The Star says that the Now England i Institute for the blind at Boston under the I care of Dr. llowc, is in a highly flourishj inir condition. The nnmbci' of pupils in j January, 19:30, was 19, and they enjoy the | best of health. The upper classes of boys j and girls arc versed in English grammar t.wvrr.mliv ?.n.! nrit'imnUrv natural nllilosO " i phy, astronomy, natural history and coin| position : some in algebra, geometry, and ! rrencli language. Nearly ail have been taught .o read spell, cipher, write, tVc. Music also is a principal study. Besides an ! organ, there are thiitcen piano fortes in the I Institution, which are kept in constant nc? lion. tSome of t!ie pupils arc al.cady fitted J ro become church organists. They are ! also taught handicraft work, as making | mattresses, cushions, and the females sew; ing, knitting and housework.?The work i shop l as yielded 81000 nett profit during j the past yar. I SCENES IN WASHINGTON. ) | Correspondence ff,the Xcir York Daily Express. Washington, 23d March, 1837. I have been somewhat surprised, that no j no'icc has been taken by any ofthenumerj ous let'ers written from this place, of a vorv I cxci'ing scene which took place a few days j previous to the adjournment ofthc lastConi gross, m the Committee appointed to cx! amine into tlic corruptions of the Executive ' Departments. The majori.y of that Com' mittce, consisting " of wliolc hog" thorough ; bred " Royalists" brought into the Com| mitte room and read a report, reflecting | wi.ii great severity upon the conduct and ' tlin rx-i'Mv \\ |? | cuursv wi mo iiimutMj j . ?r C&ipfyvll and Lincoln, Lincoln, who is a ( Yankee and a very mild, prudent matt, was roused by the outrageous and personal rcj (lections thrown out against himself and ! Messrs. Campbell and Wise, in the report I of the Royalist majority. Ho rose from : his seat and addressed (iillctf, who ! had been the most scurrilous amongst them, ' and demanded upon the spot that he should I retract every thing he had said or written j against the minori'y of the Committee* j (jillctt trembled and shook like an aspen i leaf, and protested that he did not write the I report. Mr. Campbell, of S. C., feeling j equally indignant, locked the door of the mfrv |>|o I committee room, pimmg mv n.c> miu u,.~> j " breeches pocket," and avowed his deter. ' mination to hold each member ofthc major* ' ity of the Committee personally responsible, ; unless the offensive language of the report ; was immediately stricken out?whereupon each member of the majority denied having ! written the report; when Mr. Lincoln comi polled Mr. Gillett and Mr. Abijah Mann, who had before' " fathered the report' lo ! give u[) the name of the author?when lo and behold ! it turns out to be llcubcn M. j Whitney. It is scarcely necessary forme .to say that the offensive part of the report was stricken onf. But even more than this : was done ;?Mr. Pierce, a royalist, offered ; the following resolution, which was unnni' motislv adopted : } ' Ixcsoired unanimously. That notwith. standing the highly exciting topics of disi cussion which have come before this Com mittce, and their frequent and animating dc. bates, the Hon. Henry A. Wise, as their j chairman, has at ail times so conducted as to entitle him to their thanks, which are herej by accorded to him.*' 1 * . ? 1 rr:.rt r omcTrrtjire of Xew York has at last 1 X lit- li ; been induced to pass an act on the subject j of pilots, conformable in some degree, to ! the demands of the public. It vests the ?p. I pointmontofthe pilots in five commissioners, j wbo arc allowod the small sum of $*200 per annum compensation ; so that the pay will not tempt many aspirants. It requires that the present pilots, as well as the other ap1 plicants, shall be examined as to ski!, competency, and temperate habits, before they can be licensed. It leaves the number of I pilots unlimited- the increase to be from lime to time, at the discretion of the cot.imis! sloncrs, and only giving a preference, other things being alike, to apprentices wbo have served three years. It prohibits, under penalty of forfeiture of license, all division ; of earnings among the pilots of different pi; Jot boats. A clause in this bill absurdly is ! made to clash with the late act of Congress I subjecting to fin? or imprisonment, as j for a inisdemanonr. any person not having I a licence from the State of New York, who shall undertake to pilot a vessel into b'anJv I Hook. This is, ofcours, a dead letter. { The American, from which weget.tbose ' particulars of the bill, proposes, in order to I render competittiou still more active, that i fast sailing boats should be built by the 1 New York merchants, and let to the Now , Jersy pilots, who are poor, and without i some such aid, will, it is said, have di/fi ' in r'rcrc"<intz th'-ir v<"va*v?>. ! CHE RAW GAZETTE. \Vi:i)\ES?.lV, 18, 1S37* | Cotton.?It will bcjscen by reference to the ! Prices Current that there is a still farther decline iu this article. Accounts froui Liverpool I as late as March 11th state a further decline iu that market of from to per pound. The agricultural reader will take much ini tercst in the article 0:1 our tirst page, mrela. tion to the improvement of Indian corn.? i 4 Cannot every farmer and planter improve his ; wheat, oats and rye in like manner 1 Let the ; lamest cars he chosen from vcar to year and J J 5 T ? r\i tlio cQtnn : SOWCU apart irum uiiil-i ?,i?>u mv ! kind, nnd beyond doubt, in the course of some years (perhaps it would require from iialf doi /en to a dozen) a new and greatly improved j variety would be produced, i Might not Cotton be also greatly improved i by selecting seed from the most productive : stocks and from the boicls which first open! j We one? saw an account of an early variety of peas produced by selecting for several years that which ripened earliest. Why could j not this he done with cotton as well as with ; peas ! If it could, the productiveness of the crop would he proportionately increased; for ,! however early in the season cotton begins to j bear, it continues to grow and hear till killed i by frost. Southern* Agriculturist.?We liaverc. ccivcd the April Xo. of this valuable periodical, .1 tlin toldn At /*/\nfnnte iiIIU Midi! |7UXlll^li lliu IUUIC KJi CUUiUiUW i week. For contents of March No. see first i pa^c. ! Tennessee Farmer.?This well conducted work has been greatly improved. It is the pur; pose of its able editor to devote his time to it i henceforth, which will greatly enhance its ! value. | JoNEsBonofuii Republican.?This paper, i formerly conducted by Judge Etnmerson, the i Editor of the Tennessee Farmer, has passed | into the hands of Mr. Mason R. Lyon, for merly the Editor of a paper in this town. We { wish him success. i I Wo siiall in future publish our paper in j time for the Chesterfield M.iil. 1 ~ ~~ ] The following arrangements of the mails will j be observed between Cheraw and Salisbury j from and after the first of April next. i Leave Cheraw and Salisbury every Monday, i Wednesday and Friday. ' Arrive at Cheraw and Salisbury every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday any time before 8 : o'clook, P. M. B. BR VAX, P M. j March 31, 02 thj RAIL ROAD MEETING. ? i* i r* r n t At a meeting 01 the umzens 01 anient 1 County, Sumter District, held at Bishopville j on the 27th March 1S37, to consider of the ' steps necessary to ensure success to the | subscription of the Sumter and Darlington j Rail Road, Dr. Johxatiian Miller was j called to the Chair, and C. C. Campbell, j Esq. appointed Secretary. The following Resolution was then of! fered by Capr. \V. II. Bo wen : llcsolced, That this meeting seeing the ' urgent necessity both to Blunter and Mer! chant of a Rail Road betwen Sumter and Darlington, as a link in the great chain of | Rail Road about to run from the Roanoke I to the Savannah, will atFord every aid to ! carry the same into effect. The above resolution being road, Col. G. j O 7 ; S. C. Deschamps rose and advocatod it at j some length in a very lucid and eloqueut I address, and was followed by John Watson ! Esq. whose remarks on this occasion fully ( satisfied the meeting of 1 lie practicability & ! importance of the work. Mr. G. L. Cham, j pion also addressed the meeting in support j of the Resolution, which being submitted j was unanimously carried. I It was then on motion, Ordered that the ; proceedings be published in theChcraw Ga' zettc and the Charleston papers. | JONATHAN MILLER, Chairman. j C. C. Campbefl, Secretary. Raleigh and Columbia Rail Road.? I ^ f | We have been favored with a copy of Mr. | Garnctt's Report of his Reconnoisancc of ; the route for the above Rail Road, leading j through Havwood, Cartilage, Rockingham, ! Ciieraw, and Camden. The ground is re. i presented as being very favorable. The 1 distance, it is said, can in no event exceed ! 120 miles. [The Stage Road from Rij leigh to Columbia, by way of Fayettevillc, ! is onhj 112 miles.] The estimate of the ; cost is SI0,000 per mile, and 8200,000 f<? | Locomotives, &-c. making 83,400,000 in : all. Mr. Garnett thinks thut not less than j 50 passengers would pass each way daily; 1 but setting it down at 35 each way, at ft j cents per mile, he calculates the receipts from inik source, at 8337,2G0, and from the mail, at 8200 per mile, at 844,000? making an aggregate of 8381,260, exclusive of produce. From this he deducts 8600 per mile for annual repairs and expenses, amounting to 8132,000, and it j leaves a net income of 8249,260, or 10 1-2 i per cent, on the cost.?Finjettcvillc Obscr| ccr. Rapid Travelling.?A gentleman arriI ved in this town on Monday morning las', ? who had left New York on Thursday af, tcrnoon previous,?being just three and-a i half days from New York to Faycttcville. He came by the Day line from Bal imorc to Norfolk, and thence to Halifax.?Ibid. j The price of dinner on board of the steamboats between New York and Philadelphia has been advanced from fifty to seventy-iivc ' .ecu's. j Mr. Cowan's Steam Saw Mill, at Wilming v/. \ C., was lately "ensured by fire ( '.U.'UJi:* ?S.nlt.Uiy .l/i./*. \ Jil. | GLORIOUS XEWS ! ! \\V have ju>t received the following highly | important and gratifving intelligence, audi ; hasten to lay it before otir readers. ' To l!i': Editors cf th? Columbus Siir.'iurl. litwiNTON, March 'doth, 1SVT. ? i Gentlemen:?Information has just reached J j here ot a glorious victory achieved by the ! ! persevering Wellborn and a portion ot the? brave volunteers under his command over the . ; Indians in l'ea river swamp, yesterday (Fri- I j dav.) I have had a conversation with sever-! t al Gentlemen, citizens of this place, who were , ! in the engagement, and learn the following , I particulars: Wellborn had been informed by [ | express a day or t wo previous that a large bo-1 i dy of Indians were encamped somewhere in j I the swamp near Ilobly's bridge, from which j they issued to commit depredation in the: | neighborhood. With that promptness that ; I characterises all his movements he started in i i pursuit, and 0:1 Tuesday evening received a j ! report troin ids scouts that the encampment j I li:?il hoon discovered immediately upon the > : bank ol" Pea river, completely surrounded by 1 ' water, and that to get to it an almost impen-, etrable swamp had to bo traversed. I To J made bis arrangements for an attack early j i the next morning; lie then b'ing on the side J j opposite tlie f ndians, he divided iiis troops into j i bodies, assigning the command of one, of a- i j bout one hundred men, to (.'apt. Harrell, or- i dcring liim to inarch up the river opposite the ; encampment, for the purpose of cutting olF; { their retreat when driven out and forced to j cross. Wellborn with the balance croscd be- j I low at thebridgf, and marched up. Just be- j fore he reached the entrance into the swamp ' opposite the camp he heard firing, and think-! ing ilarrcll had engaged the enemy, he rush- j ed in, not doubting but that they would be j ; driven to his side of the river. The ditiicul-1 ! ties that opposed his progress were almost in- i surmountable; many lakes and lagoons, beyond a man's depth, and no means of crossing | j t)Uc !iy swimming. Put the ardor and dcteruiirjition of his men were unconquerable. By ' wading, stvnii3lnip? railing and'jumping for ! half an hour, over ana tkr?ugn nmd, mire and j water, during which time 20 or muskets j J were rendered useless by being wet, tnt?" J came in sight of the Indians in full charge, i j yelling like so many tigers about pouncing I .1?11;*a lmr> ums iniinndiainlv ; | Upon Ultra jjit-jr. jiw .j ' formed, and a well directed and incessant fire checked the savage enemy, and completely disappointed their hopes of an easy victory. For three hours the Indians fought with a courage and desperation exceeded only by that of the gallant fellows opposed to them, and appeared to be determined " to conquer i or to die." Wellborn finding he could gain nothing by a standing fight, ordered a charge, which was made in tne best manner possible, i J The Indians fled to the encampment to carry i ! off their children, ?Sc there scattered in every di-: I rection, many swimming the river. The fire t of our trodps alter the Indians commenced I retreating was very destructive. Twenty- j three were found dead from where they com-1 mtneed running to where they crossed the river, and many were kiiicd on the battle ; ground and others in crossing; and it !3 well I ascertained that from forty to fifty were k.'jled/ j 1 The loss on the part of our friends was one | killed, (Mr. James M. Ilolloway,) and Madi-1 J son Grady mortally wounded; Hart well Ball, 1 *.? \ f llrvoCAn f f\k i ! (sheriff or our county,; vtc-ui I the firm of Fulton &. (ileason of this place.) j j Crowley, and it is thought two of the ; I Georgia volunteers, badly though not dangerouslv wounded, j The Franklin Volunteers from your State j : were in the engagement, and nobly and j bravely did they bear themselves. They have J ! won for themselves a reputation that may be i ' envied by the victors of any field. Their; deeds of noble daring is the theme of their : associates in arms, and I assure you it is no small commendation to say of them they were not behind the rest of the brave fellows, either in the march, the swimming, or thecharge. An incident that occurred during the charge is worthy of note: one of the Franklin Volunteers was in hot pursuit of an Indian, who finding that he must fall into the hands of his pursuer, attempted to save himself by running into the midst of the women, two of whom seized the voluijteer; he used every exertion to disengage himself from them, but they made a furious and deadly assault upon him with their knives, and in self-defence he drew j his Bowie Knife and with two blows killed i them both. One woman was taken prisoner, who says that the number of warriors in the engagement was about one hundred andtwen( ty-five, and about sixty women who fought with as much desperation and courage as the men. This is certainly the most decisive blow that has been struck since the commencement of hostilities, and Wellborn has been long seeking an opportunity to strike it. All that j skill and valour could accomplish, he has done. The limits of this communication are too ) confined to do ampie justice to this indefati| gable officer, who has thus stopped the mur; derous savage in his hitherto unchecked ca-: " ^ 1 ll 1 .1 1 | I recr ot devastation ana uxuuuauo-u, diiU | I brave untiring volunteers under his comra and j j Suffice it to say they were not appalled by I dangers, nor stayed by difficulties, all obstaj cles vanished before their determined spirits.! j They stayed not lor brake, they stopped not lor ! stone, i They swam the lagoons, where ford there was none. \ Their leader had told them the thing must j be done, and it has been done, and well done, j and could not have been better done. They ! went into the held with from seventy to eighty j effective men, (I forgot to mention belore, that the detachment under Harrell ffed, after receiving one tire from the Indians, leaving, it i is said, two dead upon the field,) against an enemy, who had put more than that number to I flight, and who fought under all the advantages which recent victory naturally secures, j But men who had overcome as many difficul- j ; ties as they had to get their enemy, were not i to be defeated, they accomplished the object I thev went for in a masterly manner. Wellborn is still-in pursuit of those who es- i I caped, and there is no doubt but that he will j soon rid us of the last of these disturbers of our peace. i In haste, vours, GEO. L. BARRY. I j P. S. I have just heard Grady is dead. The hist survivor.?A resolution has passed the Massachusetts Legislature, by a unanimous J vote, granting: to Ilenry Gates, the last surviring jsoldier who was wounded at the battle J of Bunker Hill, an annuity of two hundred dollars during the remainder of his life, to be continued to his wife if she survive him. He is now upwards of ?0 years of age. I Great Decline in Wheat.?A largo quantity of German red wheat, which was bought in New York, some weeks ago at :20tl cents, was sold on the 1st instant, by auction, at 1:28 cents!! j Disastrous Occurrence?The Steam packet ' S v'h C'vni'uur. on .her way down from JST.iuiioro to Xorujik, on Thursday night tiio i 30th u!t. about 1U o'clock (being off .Annapolis,) she ran foul of a schooner of about IX) tons laden with wood, by which the schooner was sunk, and the South (Carolina was so much in- ; jured by the concussion, (having her bows I shivered and h^ovc in almost to the water's | edge) that she was compelled to put back to \ Baltimore, after taking off the crew of the) schooner.?< 'luxrlcston Courier. TIIE PRESSURE IN T1IE NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. The following letter was written by Mr. Riddle, in reply to a letter from the Chairman of a large meetir^ of the most eminent merchants and others:? Mew Yurir, 29th March, 1837. John A. Stevens, Esq. Chairman: Sir?I had this day the honor of receiving t your communication of the 28th inst. accompanied by the signatures of many highly rcspcctablecitizcns of New York, requesting the interposition of the Rank of the United States, to assist in removing the existing embarrassment of the commercial community. The i Board of Directors, on learning from a com- | mittcc of your fellow citizens, the existence of I those difficulties, directed me to visit N. York ; for the purpose of ascertaining the nature, and j the most, effectual mode by which the Bank ! could be useful. All the suggestions for that purpose contained in your letter, will accord- [ ingly be presented to "the Board of Directors, | from whom they will receive the most respectful and early attention. In the mean time what my own observation suggests as the cause of these troubles, is that recent events in the south and Europe, have, in concurrence with reasons of an earlier date, produced a paralysis of private credit which deranges the whole system of our foreign and domestic exchanges. For this the appropriate remedy seems to be, to substitute for the private credit of individuals the more known and established credit of the bank, until public confidence in private stability, has time to revive. To the foreign exchanges I would apply that restorative by issuing the engagements of the bank, payable in London, L?iria nml Amstnr/!am. tn hp rnmitted in lieu I of piiyatc bills. These will be ready for the next packet, and they will enable the country to make without injury* ail early pro-1 vision "for the adjustment of foreign exchanges by tiie natural operation of remitting its produce and its coin. A similar operation I shall recommend to the Board in respect to the domestic exchanges, by an enlarged and immediate purchase of bills of exchange on the distant sections of the Union. These are the two measures which seem to be the best adapted for the present emergency. They are proposed with the sincercst desire that they may be useful, and with a clear conviction', that, aided by the spirit and intelligence which belong to this community, they will carry it triumphantly through its present temporary difficulties. The surest ground of confidence for others is confidence ourselves; and I have seen this community bear up against calamities which would have | broken the spirit of a less free and generous j people. I have known them surmount obsta- I e'es far more alarming than any now before I Us-?nor will I permit myself to doubt that this j city wii.' preserve its high character before the ! world, by an," temporary sacrifices which may j bo necessary to sustain its credit and its j tame. With great respect, yd!UV, &e. S. BIDDLE. i President of the Bank of the 17. States. | 1 From the Correspondence of the National Lilci'! ligencer. New York, March .30. The agitation, the panic, may call it, of this i city yesterday, even after J wrote you, no pen i can properly describe. A meeting of mer- , chants was called in the evening, which was j attended by the most respectable and powerful business men of this city. Groups of merchants continued in Wall street until 8 o'clock in the evening1, at which hour this street so tlirnnired bv <Tav. is usually quite deserted at | night. The letter of Mr. Biddlc, with the good feeling pervading it, gives great satisfaction to all parties here. It is humiliating that the great city of New York should be compelled to go a hogging to Philadelphia; but the favor is conferred with such a grace that the huniilia- i tion is forgotten The usury question is now much discussed in this city. The hoarding of money gives great offence at this time, but nevertheless almost all the bankers, and very many of the merchants, wish a repeal of all the usury laws. The feeling at Albany is entirely changed. The disposition there now is to fix the strongeat penalties upon usury. Three o'clock.?The banks have discounted with great liberality to-day; but the demand for money is also very great. There is a much better feeling than there was yesterday. IT ? ? r. niUT Tllnpp o'rT.flf'Tk JL iAl^r I'AOI vResult of the Meeting. At a meeting of delegates of banks of the citv of New York, htdd on 30th of March, 1637? It was unanimously resolved that the said banks, according to the wishes of the committee of Merchants, and impressed with the peculiar exigences of the moment, wilt forthwith increase their discounts, in the aggregate, to the extent of ONE MILIONFIVE HUN. DRE1) THOUSAND DOLLARS. ALBERT GALLATIN, Chairman. John Fleming, Secretary. The Manhattan Bank agrees to issue a million of bonds payable in London, and another million here. The Girard Bank, of Philadelphia, agrees to issue one hundred thousand pounds sterling 1 1 - m t nn/lnn in DOnus, puyauiu uj IT The Bank of America has made an arrangement with the Morris Canal Company to issue a million of dollars of the bonds of that company, payable in London, at ten, twelve, and fourteen months, bearing interest at six per cent, .per annum. These bonds will be indorsed and guarantied by the Bank of America. 1 IT The Bank of America will also draw their bills on the Rothschilds, of Paris, for upwards of a million francs. New York, March 13. The bonds of the United States Bank alluded to in our lately published correspondence are now in this city. The Bank issues them j payable in London, Paris, and Amsterdam, in | twelve months. Payable in London. In Paris. In cash at. 7 per cent. prem. 5 35 ;W) day notes 7? 5 32 GO do 8 5 30 00 do 5 25 14 months 9 5 25 Drafts and notes are taken in the South in I payment of the above as follows : j * On Philadelphia, $ per cent, discount. I Boston, I " *' Baltimore. 1 44 44 Richmond, lb 44 44 Savannah. 0 " ' Charleston, 2 " * N. Orleans, 3 44 44 These arrangements, and others about ; which I wrote you yesterday, have restored confidence in a great degree. Stocks, that index of feeling, all jumped up. Seventy shares of U. S. Bank were sold at 119.? Things all look better and brighter. The agony of the three days past notie but thoae who have suffered by it can adequately describe. As to the ultimate result of tfiesc important arrangements, the banks differ. The best security is wisdom, and practical experience of the men who made them. Merchants heri? say, what Nicholas Riddle says is iccfl, must he well, such is the confidence they have i?' U,\~ n : ? nun as 11 aiiuuciur. 'i'hcrc were no failures yesterday. The failure of Morgan ?Sc Ce. was day before yesterday. It was a serious failure. VVe have promises of a resumption of payment. There is a talk that the Josephs will resume. It ipay be, but it is hardly to be expected. April 3, 1837. Notwithstanding the very discouraging news which came upon us yesterday from New Orleans, things have gone off very well to-day. I have heard of no failures. 'There is a good spirit among business men. From the Xew York Daily Express. M.ISSACHUBERTS ON SLAVERY.?The following resolutions were recently passed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by a vote of 378 to 10. *? Whereas, the House of Representatives of the Lnited states, in the month cf January, in the year of our I^ord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, did adopt a resolution whereby it was ordered that all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, without being eitlier printed or referred, shall be laid on the table, and that no further action whatever should be had thereon ; and whereas by the resolution aforesaid, which is adopted as a standing rule of the present House of Representatives, the petition of a large number of the people of this commonwealth, praying for the removal of a great moral and political evil, have been slighted and condemned: therefore, Resolved. That the resolution above named is an assumption of power and authority, at variance witn the spirit ana mteni 01 the constitution of the United States, and injurious to the cause of freedom and free institutions: that it does violence to the inherant and inalienable rights of man ; and that it tends essentially to impair those fundamental principles of natural justice, and natural law, which are antecedent to any written constitutions of government independent of them all, and essential to the security of freedom in a State. Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress, in maintaining and advocating the full right of petition have entitled themselves to the cordial approbation of the people of this Commonwealth. Resolved, That Congress having exclusive legislation, in the District of Columbia, possesses the right to abolish slavery in the said District, and that its exercise should be only restrained by a regard to the public good. In the Senate.?To the surprise of ever}' one present, says the Boston Gazette?even the leaders of the abolition party of this city? the Senate adopted the follow ing resolutions, after a long debate?the first unanimously, and the second by only one dissenting voice ! Resolved, That Congress having exclusive legislation in the District of Columbia, possesses the right to abolish slavery and the slave trade therein; and that the earlv exercise of such right is demanded by the enlightened sentiment of the civilized world, by the principles of the Revolution, and by humanity. Resolved, That slavery, being an admitted moral and political evil, whose continuance, wherever it exists, is vindicated mainly on the ground of necessity, it should be circumscribed within the limits of the States where it has been already established; and that no nev State should hereafter be admitted into the Union whose constitution of gevernment shall sanction or permit the existence of domestic slavery. t C*4 - ? ? 1 * i A 4l,A ofj&Awv . 9 OlUillllUUill HCtVilift lUj/uild iiiak uic otcaiu' boat Fancy, hence with a full cargo, took fire on the night of the 25th, 10 miles below Bay- , ou, JSara, and burnt to the waters edge ; cargo lost, and a colored woman drowned.?.V. O. Bee, 27 ih ult. New Orleans April 1. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AND L08S OF LIVES. Wo learn from Capt. Grice, and some of the passengers of the steamboat lone, that on her trip down from Manchester, to this pfaeev shetook fire about 50 miles above N. Orleans, and notwithstanding every exertion of the officers and crew, was totally consumed in less than a quarter of an hour from the first discovery. The wind was very high at the time and the cargo consisting principally of 1100 bales cottori which had been under shed for somv time,, and consequently very dry, burned with unexampled rapidity. Capt. Grice with the utmost difficulty sucseeded in saving his wife, and with the assistance of Mr. Miller, the pilot, his youngest child; his two other cliildren a girl and ooy were preserved from the devouring element, one by Mr. Grice a cousin of the captain's, and the other by a colored man the steward of the boat, who at the eminent risk of his life ' ' - ? . -*.t- L: J -1 plUngeil inio me water wim mm, anu Miiux reached the shore when bis strength fading him he was obliged togivo up his little charge*, but was immediately relieved by the mate of the boat, Air. Morris, and both, were safely landed. Such was the progress of the flames fhaf not an individual was able to save a single irtiek% Bulletin. The Negro Girl accnsed of making three several attempts to fire the building on the premises lately belonging to Judge Pbioleav, at the lower end of Church-6treet, was tried yesterday. The Court found her guilty of high misdemeanor, and sentenced her to receive twenty lashes on the three first Friday's of three successive months, and to remain two hours in the 6tocks each rime; then to remain live years in solitary confinement?the owner being privileged, if so disposed, to remove her * from the State after the expiration of the first year.?Ch. Courier. Mr. Eaton our Minister to the Court of Madrid has presented an energetic protest against the proposal of the Spanish Government to pawn Cupa to England, as security for a loan; declaring that the United States would never permit England to hold tthat Island?JV. Y. Merc. Journal. Extract of a letter, dated Tampico, March 18, 1837. . " The French Minister at Mexico had received orders from bts Government, by tfjc last English packet, to insist upon the reimbursement of all the first loans imposed on the French citizens and. in case of refusal, demand his passports.